Ilshat Faizulin

Ilshat Faizulin

Personal information
Full name	Ilshat Galimzyanovich Faizulin
Date of birth	(1973-03-05) 5 March 1973
Place of birth	Osinniki, Soviet Union
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1995	CSKA Moscow	103	(25)
1995–1997	Racing Santander	54	(8)
1997–1998	Villarreal	22	(1)
1998–1999	Alverca	10	(0)
1999	Farense	6	(0)
2000	Altay	5	(0)
2000–2001	Getafe	33	(6)
2002	Dynamo St. Petersburg	16	(4)
2002	Metallurg Lipetsk	14	(2)
2002–2003	Bezana
2004	Vidnoye	10	(5)
2004	Crevillente
2005	Redován
2005–2006	Gimnástica	33	(4)
2006–2007	Ribamontán
International career
1993	Russia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ilshat Galimzyanovich Faizulin (Russian: Ильшат Галимзянович Файзулин; Tatar: Cyrillic Илшат Галимҗан улы Фәйзуллин, Latin İlşat Ğalimcan ulı Fäyzullin; born 5 March 1973) is a Russian retired footballer of Tatar ethnic origin.

A forward his career was majorly spent, in equal periods of time, in Russia and Spain.

Club career

Born in Osinniki, Soviet Union, Faizulin started playing professionally with PFC CSKA Moscow, where his performances garnered the attention of Spain's Racing de Santander (later, during one season, he would team up with compatriot Dmitri Popov). Subsequently he was a relatively important offensive element at Villarreal CF, helping the club achieve a first-ever top flight promotion in 1998.

After two unassuming spells in Portugal, Faizullin finished 1999–2000 in Turkey with Altay SK, then returned to Spain and its second division with Getafe CF, not being able to prevent the Madrid team's eventual relegation.

Faizullin then returned to his country, playing with four modest sides, and retired in Spain in 2007 after three years in the lower leagues.

International career

Faizulin played one game for Russia, featuring 26 minutes in a 1–3 friendly loss against France on 28 July 1993.

Honours

Club

• Soviet League: 1991

Individual

• Top 33 players year-end list: 1992, 1993

External links

• RussiaTeam biography and profile (Russian)
• Ilshat Faizulin profile at BDFutbol
• Ilshat Faizulin at National-Football-Teams.com
• Russia stats at Eu-Football